WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange to be freed after pleading guilty to US Espionage Act charge
Updated: 6:30pm (AEST) Washington DC, US Reuters WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is due to plead guilty this week to violating US espionage law, in a deal that will end his imprisonment in Britain and allow him to return home to Australia, ending a long legal odyssey. Assange, 52, has agreed to plead guilty to a […]
China’s Chang’e-6 Moon probe lands back on Earth
Beijing, China Reuters China’s Chang’e-6 lunar probe landed on Tuesday in the northern Chinese region of Inner Mongolia, making the country the first to bring back samples from the Moon’s far side. The reentry capsule touched down at 2:07pm Beijing time, according to state broadcaster CCTV, carrying lunar soil collected earlier in the month by […]
Conservative Catholic prelate warns that excommunicating Viganò will lead to further division
Vatican City RNS An outspoken critic of Pope Francis, the Auxiliary Bishop Athanasius Schneider of Astana, Kazakhstan, said that while Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò’s public opposition of the Pope “is irreverent and disrespectful”, the Vatican should think twice before excommunicating him. “I think the pope would be wise and prudent if he were to not […]
Anglican Church in North America elects Steve Wood as archbishop
United States RNS On Saturday, 22nd June, the Rt Rev Steve Wood of St Andrews Church in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, was elected the next archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America. The election results came after ACNA’s College of Bishops met in a conclave from 20th to 22nd June in the St Vincent […]
Russia promises retaliation against US for Ukraine strike on Crimea
Moscow, Russia Reuters The Kremlin on Monday squarely blamed the United States for an attack on Crimea with US-supplied ATACMS missiles that killed at least four people and injured 151, and Moscow formally warned the US ambassador that retaliation would follow. The war in Ukraine has deepened a crisis in relations between Russia and the […]
UN chief tells consumer tech firms: own the harm your products cause
United Nations Reuters United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday demanded that big consumer technology firms take responsibility and “acknowledge the damage your products are inflicting on people and communities.” Taking aim at the companies, which he did not name, and their social media platforms, he said: “You have the power to mitigate harm to […]
Kenyan police to arrive in Haiti this week, US State Department says
Nairobi, Kenya Reuters The first Kenyan police officers assigned to tackle rampant gang violence in Haiti are leaving Kenya on Tuesday and are set to arrive this week, the US State Department said on Monday. “We hope to see further measurable improvements in security, particularly with respect to access to humanitarian aid and core economic […]
Scammers
Have you noticed how on weekends, and holidays you hardly get any spam emails? I have! PICTURE: Liubomyr Vorona/iStockphoto We know that, many scammers are just everyday people in other countries, employed nine-to-five by nefarious employers to bulk email, call and scam people to bring home their bacon. It’s a little unnerving how banal such […]
US upgrades Vietnam in human-trafficking report despite concerns
Washington DC, US Reuters The US State Department on Monday boosted Vietnam’s ranking in a human trafficking report, even as it cited concerns that the South-East Asian country had failed to investigate government officials complicit in trafficking crimes. A rights group last week accused Hanoi of giving misleading information and attempting to cover up trafficking […]
Crime in Sweden: How youth homes nurtured killers, creating Europe’s gun crime capital
JOHAN AHLANDER, of Reuters, reports on the connections between rising gun violence in Sweden and the country’s network of youth homes…